You're invited to show your support for independent creators at Support the Independents on Saturday, July 1, 2017, from 12:00-3:00 p.m. at Emerald Knights - Comics and Games in Burbank, CA! Join us as various Los Angeles-based indie creators present their latest projects throughout the afternoon

Don't miss this opportunity to meet talented comic book writers and artists at your neighborhood comic book shop!

The following independent creators are scheduled to appear:

FANBASE PRESS (www.fanbasepress.com / @Fanbase_Press)Founded in 2010, Fanbase Press is a comic book publisher and an online community supporting other creators and fans through daily reviews, interviews, and podcasts that span the pop culture spectrum. Fanbase Press seeks to provide an outlet for up-and-coming artists and writers with a desire to create new works and media. By facilitating in-house collaborations and providing support and empowerment, Fanbase Press hopes to enable the production of professional and marketable creator-owned works.

ROB ZAILO (www.zailo.com)Comic book artist at large. I also do illustration and storyboards. I also love the martial arts. My passion is creating art for people. I am always looking forward to the next project. Feel fee to contact me to fulfill any of your art needs. I sell original sketches (usually pencils and/or pen and ink), sketchcards (original art trading cards), sketches on comic book blank covers, prints, and paintings. I also do take commissions at shows. CANTRIP CANDLESCantrip Candles are 100% soy candles designed for use with tabletop games and adventures through unique and immersive scents.

FIRST NERD ORDER PodcastWe are the First Nerd Order. An Order of nerds who like to have chats about the geeksphere that is Pop Culture specifically Movies Games and Comics!! You can find us on Youtube to watch our show or listen to it in the background at work( we wont tell yer boss). We talk geek Review movies and games and play trivia every show! this season ending with a donation to a charity of a select Loyalists choice!!! Join in on the fun!

SORRY LITTLE SHARKYWhat can be said of Sorry Little Sharky?

Well, for starters, SHE SINGLE-HANDEDLY MADE A GIANT COMIC CALLED MISTERGUY full of unnecessary spaceships, harmless murder attempts, and visits to the sun to explain why the character’s world suddenly turns from black and white to COLOR a third of the way into the story. She came up with the character as soon as she could hold writing utensils and not stab her young self in the head with them...HE SIMPLY REMAINED IN SAID HEAD AND JUST NEVER...SHUT...UP.

Sorry Little Sharky freely admits that she is not *really* a shark, and in fact, finds human flesh thoroughly unpleasant in terms of consumption. However, she IS a professional fine artist/musician who loves art in every form---whether it be writing and singing her own music, drawing comics, painting horror-inspired abstract landscapes, or designing random posters and t-shirts, rest assured if it CAN be done, that I will suddenly STOP WRITING ABOUT MYSELF IN THE THIRD PERSON...and surely try my hands at it.

SCOTT WOODARD (@sawoodard)Scott Woodard is the author of licensed Doctor Who audios and tabletop RPGs. He’s also worked as a voice actor, puppeteer, and podcaster.

TONY FLEECS (www.tonyfleecs.com)Tony Fleecs is the writer and artist of In My Lifetime, an autobiographical comic book. First published in 2006, ‘Lifetime was an immediate critical success, featured twice in Wizard Magazine, in the Comic Buyer’s Guide and on the Ain’t-It-Cool-News.

ALLEN CARTER (allen-carter.squarespace.com)Writer, Illustrator, promoter, freelance artist. Artist and writer Allen Carter of Carter Comics, will be one of the local independent comic creators at the show. Mr. Carter is the sole creator of the comic titles Damn Tourists, Mongoose Mondays, and Cosmic Force.

BRIAN KESINGER (www.bkartonline.com)Long-time time fan and supporter of the world of Steampunk and inspired daily by the creations, contraptions and costumes that make up the genre. Having worn many hats within the animation industry, his artistic travels have lead him to his current position as a story artist at Walt Disney animation studios. He hopes to share his learning experience with you and maybe even offer some inspiration as a way of giving back to the community of artists!